Jacques
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Hi, Yes it is one of the bests in Europ, i've seen his work, it's marvellous. he has yet two of my blades for polishing.:D Bemol you don't want your work made the next week. :D :lol:
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What is the Best Oil for Japanese Swords??
Jacques replied to Dino's topic in General Nihonto Related Discussion
Hi, In Japan, Choji oil is used also for its fungicide and bactericide capability and serve to protect wood of the saya too. In dry climat it is not really necessary. -
Looking at the hamon i don't think it could be late Muromachi (more Mid- late EDO)
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Hi, The kissaki seems to have been reshaped
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Hi Patrick, Hope this can help you http://samurai-nippon.net/467/
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Hi, Pilip, your blade is dated from 1862. Here is one dated from 1860: You can make your opinion yourself :D tagane mannerisms = style of engraving
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Ah, kanji for ASON are usually 朝臣. right, i need a coffee. Think we must be take it in "han" meaning.
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臣 can also be read ASON
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Hi, Is this blade worthy for restoration? Many things don't match on this nakago; Nakago-jiri wich should be an iriyama-gata, yasurime wich should be sujikai with kesho, and the tagane mannerisms wich are different.
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Hi, 臣 can be also read TOMI Like Toyotomi Hideyoshi 豊臣秀吉
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HI, 1862 if i'm not wrong; though this mei does not look good.
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Hi, No, the work is too different with the earlier generations, sugata, kitae, hamon etc... An oshigata of the yondai Kunisuke.
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Hi, According Tanobe Sensei, these kind of mei is called Shiire mei. In the Edo period (without computer and internet :lol: ) Existed some fakers (gimeishi) who bought (=shiire) many mumei blades and signed them without a careful study of the characteristics of each smith.
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Hi, For pleasure a good Kunisuke (tokuho) http://homepage2.nifty.com/FUJITOKEN/page053.html
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Mariuszk, On your tanto the hamon is uma-no-ha (horse tooth) not hako midare (box shaped) About Kunisuke, he was a great smith and his mei was often false (d?) Kunisuke worked with a hamon ko notare mixed with gunome. and his nakago jiri was ha-hagari jiri and not kuijiri.
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Hi, Here an exemple of hako midare wich is a "speciality" of the Kanewaka school:
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Hi, I questioned an expert whom i know about this mei, he says this mei reads Akimitsu and it is false.
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Hi, Maybe i'm wrong, but i think that this hamon looks like Uma-no-ha.
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Hi, If you want to see a good ayasugi hada: Knowing the talent of Gassan Sadakazu i don't wonder if this blade is a fake. It is one of course.
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Hi, Maybe it could be called sumi-hada...
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Hi, here you have a genuine Inoue Shinkai... if you want to buy it, you need to win at the "euromillion" :lol: :lol: http://www.token-net.com/103%20shinkai1.html price 324 300$ (not rather expensive my son :lol: )
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Hi, At the same time:
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The hamons seems Fujimio-saigyo. seems to be a sugu yakidashi too (but not sure) There was a swordmith of the mishina school wich worked like this: Tanba no kami Yoshimichi (sandai), he worked in the late 17th. It is just an assumption of course not a certitude